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Section: Days of German Cinema
About a Girl (2014)
Charleen is nearly 16 and is one of those teens who seem to be drawn to dark and gloomy things; she’s got a traineeship at an undertaker’s and is passionate about Kurt Cobain. After a botched suicide attempt, she finds herself in the hospital. Now comes real stress: her crazy family, a creepy therapist, a by-the-book social worker, a perplexed best friend and a classroom full of idiots. But there’s also Linus, the school nerd whom she meets at the therapist’s. Weird but caring, he’s interesting and fun to be with. And after her first kiss with Linus and their first tentative embraces, it dawns on Charleen that the opposite of death is love – and that life deserves a second chance.
| Country | Germany |
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| Year | 2014 |
| Duration | 104 min |
| Rating | 13 |
| Language | German |
| Subtitle | English, Czech |
| Directed by | Mark Monheim |
| Screenplay | Mark Monheim, Martin Rehbock |
| Director of Photography | Daniel Schönauer |
| Music | Cat Stash, Livy Pear, Florian Ostertag and others |
| Edited by | Stine Sonne Munch, Melanie Landa |
| Contact | Global Screen |
Biography
Mark Monheim (1977) is a screenwriter and director. He graduated from documentary filmmaking at the University of Television and Film Munich. During his studies he worked in range of professions connected with movies. He has made the short films Michelle (1999) and With Sixteen I'll Be Gone (Mit sechzehn bin ich weg, 2008). His full-length format debut is the drama-comedy About a Girl (2014).